Team Lead Pricing & Procurement | Ocean Freight (m/w/d)

About the Role

As Team Leader Pricing & Procurement Ocean Freight Germany, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating Ocean Freight Pricing and Procurement activities across Germany. Acting as the key country focal point for carrier management, procurement, pricing, and tender execution, you will ensure the availability of competitive and reliable Ocean Freight and intermodal solutions (FCL and LCL) that support business growth and customer satisfaction.

Working closely with Sales, Operations, Regional Procurement, and other DP World business units, you will drive procurement excellence, strengthen supplier relationships, and ensure alignment with regional and global procurement strategies. This role combines leadership, commercial acumen, and market expertise to optimize costs, improve service performance, and support the continued growth of DP World's Ocean Freight business in Germany.

How you will contribute

Procurement Management

• Serve as the primary procurement contact within the country, ensuring alignment with regional procurement strategies.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with local carriers, suppliers, and logistics partners to secure competitive end-to-end procurement solutions.
• Ensure effective local carrier management, including contract negotiations, performance monitoring, allocation management and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including operations and sales teams and world with other DP World entities such as Inland Terminals, Road Freight etc. (working actively on E2E vision), to optimize procurement strategies that meet country-specific business needs.
• Provide guidance on rate structures, carrier selection, and capacity-related challenges to ensure cost-effective and reliable logistics operations.
• Monitor local market conditions, trends, and regulations to provide insights and recommendations for procurement decisions.

Pricing Management

• Lead tendering processes, ensuring compliance with corporate procurement policies and market dynamics.
• Support the Sales Organization within the Country and provide relevant buying rates on the best options along with selling-suggestions for main leg as well as pre-& on-carriages.
• Manage the Rate-requests of the DP World Overseas-Network (FCL and LCL) as well as of our Agent-Network to increase the ratio of non-controlled business and help our Network to grow
• Implement a “follow-up”-Process and install KPI’s to measure success rate

Procurement Strategy

• Implement and execute procurement strategies tailored to the country’s logistics and transportation landscape.
• Ensure procurement planning aligned with corporate and regional supply chain objectives.
• Maintain and enforce procurement policies that support business goals and enhance supplier performance within the country.
• Act in line with the Regional Procurement Strategies & Carrier-Portfolio

General

• Foster a high-performing procurement culture within the country, ensuring adherence to global procurement policies and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in procurement operations, leveraging market insights, technology, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Ensure compliance with all local regulatory requirements and company procurement guidelines.

What You Will Bring

• Extensive experience in Ocean Freight procurement, carrier management, pricing, and tender management, with a strong understanding of the German logistics market.
• Proven ability to negotiate competitive agreements, manage supplier relationships, and lead procurement initiatives in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and commercial skills, with the ability to translate market intelligence into effective procurement and pricing strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across local, regional, and global teams.
• Fluent in German and English, with a willingness to travel as required and a strong commitment to compliance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 120,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

To Change What's Possible For Everyone

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